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DAVID MAKES GOLIATH

Electric car start-up Lucid intends to hit the ground running with the Air, a sleek, sophisticated saloon with eye-popping performance and luxury aspirations. Mark Tisshaw drives it PHOTOGRAPHY MIKE CUTLER

LAMBORGHINI HURACAN TECNICA - TESTED 4.5.23, BERKSHIRE ON SALE NOW

Goldilocks model is meant to show the Huracán at its best. How does it fare in the UK?

MASERATI GRECALE MODENA - TESTED 13.4.23, SUSSEX ON SALE NOW

Dynamically proven hardware meets fine Italian luxury in new Porsche Macan rival

VOLVO C40 RECHARGE - TESTED 26.4.23, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN ON SALE SUMMER

JAMES ATTWOOD

ASTON MARTIN DBS 770 ULTIMATE - TESTED 26.4.23, GLOUCESTERSHIRE ON SALE SOLD OUT

Last-of-the-line DBS paves way for DB11 replacement and sets tone for all next-generation Astons. How excited should we be?

Tavares tells EU: no more disruption

Stellantis boss says e-fuel exemption risks wasting vast investment in electric vehicles

Calls to introduce eye tests for older drivers

Eye checks should be compulsory for motorists once they reach 70, says a police-backed group

Multi-EV line-up for black cab firm

UK-based LEVC plots global expansion with electric MPVs and vans on new platform

Fully charged EV batteries in 5min

Chinese EV brand Nio will launch in the UK in 2024 and its swap stations are in the plan

GR cars safe in Toyota's new era

New CEO, brought in to shape the firm's EV future, says sporty GR badge will live on

Alpine tees up electric hot hatch

A290 concept shows direction that performance brand will take new Renault 5 EV

Wild Spyder GT4 RS finale for petrol Boxster

Lightened Porsche roadster packs 493bhp atmo six, track-honed chassis and hardcore remit

TESLA MODEL Y RWD

Entry-level electric crossover sets out to prove that less is more

MERCEDES-BENZ EOS SUV 450 4MATIC

EV equivalent of the GLS is created using hardware from the talented EQS saloon

AUDI E-TRON GT

Hot electric Audi continues to impress in isolation - and against some top ICE talent

Lotus guns for Taycan, then Macan. Boxster

Hethel brand's EV era will ramp up with a saloon packing up to 904bhp, a compact SUV and a 'pure' sports car

JEEP WRANGLER 4xe RUBICON

Plug-in hybrid technology makes a very good 4x4 even better, but there is a catch

MINI COOPER

A full decade since the last all-new Mini hatch comes the most radical yet, with electric power plus a new platform and design

THIS IS SPARTAN!

Curvaceous lightweight from down under is a passion project par excellence. Richard Lane straps himself in

Game-changers

ZF's 8HP gearbox is the industry benchmark and now the default choice for a dizzying array of cars. Stephen Dobie reflects on its evolution and ZF's shift to electrification

Long queues, soaring prices, broken infrastructure - signs of a crisis brewing or an unfair portrayal of the UK's public EV charging network?

With 2030 creeping ever closer and charging operators scrambling to keep up with growing EV uptake, Jim Holder quizzes their leaders on the state of play

DYNAMO FROM ZAGREB

With a good deal more power and torque than even a Bugatti, the Rimac Nevera is as rapid as cars come. Matt Prior drives the Croatian hyper-EV on UK roads with its chief engineer in the passenger seat

DACIA SANDERO

This is a new Autocar Award, one that is reflective of the times in which we're living and the pressures they are exerting on all of us.

MG 4

It seems that every week news reaches us of another Chinese brand with plans to conquer Europe quickly.

BMW M3 TOURING

What is it about the finest fast wagons that hits the spot for so very many of us? Rarity, certainly.

RANGE ROVER SPORT

Sneaking in aboard the coat-tails of its bigger brother, the Range Rover, the 'L461' Range Rover Sport was just a little bit starved of limelight in the build-up to its introduction last year.

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R

'Fun' is an interesting and perhaps misleading descriptor for the Honda Civic Type R. Fun is, of course, what hot hatches have always been about.

HYUNDAI IONIQ 6

I tought to be unsurprising that Hyundai's second flagship EV, the Ioniq 6, surprises with its looks. Thanks in part to the firm's design director, SangYup Lee, who received last year's Design Hero award, Hyundai's styling has in recent years become among the most innovative.

TOYOTA GR86

If some of the hallmarks of a future classic car are that it is adored by enthusiasts so much that it's hard to get hold of one, and that it retains its value terrifically well, then the GR86 is virtually a confirmed classic straight out of the box.

PORSCHE 911 GT3

We tend to crow a bit about the history of Autocar's annual Britain's Best Driver's Car supertest.